WEBVTT 00:00:05.019 --> 00:00:20.480 JTS. Yeah. Just in time sports. Life is good. 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:24.250 Look. This is just a town sports. Come and get 00:00:24.250 --> 00:00:26.429 your weekly text. His opinion from the heart. 00:00:26.489 --> 00:00:28.750 He can never show you fake. If you winning or 00:00:28.750 --> 00:00:30.570 you losing, he going to tell it to you straight. 00:00:30.670 --> 00:00:32.670 How do you talk in basketball without enjoying 00:00:32.670 --> 00:00:34.850 Brian the bass? If you got the hottest dicks, 00:00:34.909 --> 00:00:36.929 you better come and make it case. If you win 00:00:36.929 --> 00:00:50.090 a couple games, he might even. We'll be right 00:00:50.090 --> 00:01:37.540 back. What the hell, E? What the hell, Eon? What 00:01:37.540 --> 00:01:40.180 the hell, Ayante? What the Tyrese Halliburton? 00:01:40.700 --> 00:01:45.680 He did it again. Tyrese Halliburton did it again. 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:48.959 I'm so sorry. This is the Justin Towns Sports 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:51.680 Podcast. I am your owner and host, Justin Jackson. 00:01:52.579 --> 00:01:57.040 This is a Game 1 Instant Reaction Show. Just 00:01:57.040 --> 00:01:59.379 a little bit of backlog. I'm all over the place 00:01:59.379 --> 00:02:01.579 right now mentally. I just finished watching 00:02:01.579 --> 00:02:06.959 the game. I'm sorry. You know, I meant to do 00:02:06.959 --> 00:02:09.780 a show before this and schedule got backed up. 00:02:10.180 --> 00:02:13.620 I'm transitioning jobs at the moment, but I'll 00:02:13.620 --> 00:02:16.719 keep you guys updated on that. Of course, for 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:18.000 those of you who are following my coaching journey, 00:02:18.159 --> 00:02:20.259 there's a new spot coming up. I'll keep you guys 00:02:20.259 --> 00:02:22.439 updated on that. Big news there. But none of 00:02:22.439 --> 00:02:26.360 that matters right now. Tyrese Halliburton did 00:02:26.360 --> 00:02:34.430 it again. The Indiana Pacers did it again. I 00:02:34.430 --> 00:02:37.610 mean, numbers are just rolling in. The Indiana 00:02:37.610 --> 00:02:40.750 Pacers led for exactly .3 seconds in this game, 00:02:40.789 --> 00:02:44.189 and they won game one. Indiana has come back 00:02:44.189 --> 00:02:47.550 down from 15 or more five times in the playoffs. 00:02:48.990 --> 00:02:51.889 to win the game they've gone down five times 00:02:51.889 --> 00:02:55.449 they've gone down eight times i'm sorry they've 00:02:55.449 --> 00:02:58.389 gone down eight times in the playoffs by 15 times 00:02:58.389 --> 00:03:01.830 or more in just 17 games they've won five of 00:03:01.830 --> 00:03:08.000 those games um I mean, just ridiculous. Tyrese 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:10.900 Halliburton had an I mean, had a quiet night, 00:03:11.159 --> 00:03:14.400 14, 10 and six, only 13 shots. We hit the biggest 00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:16.379 shot of the night. Of course, he always does. 00:03:16.599 --> 00:03:18.840 The Indiana Pacers. I mean, just look at some 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:22.900 team stats here. The Pacers shot the ball considerably 00:03:22.900 --> 00:03:25.900 better. The Thunder shot it 39 .8%. The Pacers 00:03:25.900 --> 00:03:30.520 shot it at 47 .6%. The Pacers hit 18 threes at 00:03:30.520 --> 00:03:34.120 46 % clip. The Thunder only hit 11 threes at 00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:37.199 a 36 % clip. However, the Thunder made six more 00:03:37.199 --> 00:03:39.439 free throws. They shot them at a much better 00:03:39.439 --> 00:03:42.659 percentage, 87 .5 % for the Thunder, as opposed 00:03:42.659 --> 00:03:46.639 to 71 .4%. Major, major numbers, though. If you 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:52.069 look at it, one game, one stat. One singular 00:03:52.069 --> 00:03:54.930 stat is the reason Oklahoma City should have 00:03:54.930 --> 00:04:00.930 won this game. Turnovers. Only one stat was the 00:04:00.930 --> 00:04:03.669 Oklahoma City had a decided advantage in, and 00:04:03.669 --> 00:04:07.729 that was turnovers. But what I want you to pay 00:04:07.729 --> 00:04:10.610 attention to is a couple points in the paint 00:04:10.610 --> 00:04:14.050 as well. But turnovers, the Indiana Pacers had 00:04:14.050 --> 00:04:19.899 25 turnovers. The Oklahoma City Thunder had 14 00:04:19.899 --> 00:04:23.220 steals. The OKC Thunder only had seven turnovers. 00:04:23.259 --> 00:04:26.920 But if somebody has 18 more turnovers than another 00:04:26.920 --> 00:04:29.459 team, you're expecting a major difference in 00:04:29.459 --> 00:04:33.199 points off turnovers. It was 11 -4. So the Thunder 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:36.139 had a bigger turnover difference than they had 00:04:36.139 --> 00:04:38.660 in points off those turnovers. Again, they only 00:04:38.660 --> 00:04:42.079 gave up seven turnovers. They forced 25, yet 00:04:42.079 --> 00:04:44.899 they only were able to score 11 points off those 00:04:44.899 --> 00:04:49.620 turnovers. No flavors, no technicals on either 00:04:49.620 --> 00:04:52.079 side. OKC also had a 12 -point advantage and 00:04:52.079 --> 00:04:54.019 points on the paint. So if you break this game 00:04:54.019 --> 00:04:55.860 down, if you never watched the game, you would 00:04:55.860 --> 00:04:58.540 actually be wondering how Indiana didn't blow 00:04:58.540 --> 00:05:04.300 OKC out. I mean, think about it. You know, they 00:05:04.300 --> 00:05:06.920 made the same amount of shots, literally. Both 00:05:06.920 --> 00:05:09.879 made 39 field goals, but Oklahoma City made seven 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:11.980 more threes. That's plus 21 from the three -point 00:05:11.980 --> 00:05:15.339 line. They had plus 17 in the rebounds. They 00:05:15.339 --> 00:05:19.689 had a plus 11 in the assists. They were minus 00:05:19.689 --> 00:05:23.850 12 in points in the paint. They were minus 7 00:05:23.850 --> 00:05:29.509 in points conceded off turnovers. But that was 00:05:29.509 --> 00:05:32.730 it. And it came down to Oklahoma City was swarming. 00:05:32.910 --> 00:05:39.569 And it's just what they do. At this point, you've 00:05:39.569 --> 00:05:42.819 got to accept. That is just what they do. Oklahoma 00:05:42.819 --> 00:05:46.540 City entered as a 10 and a half point favorite. 00:05:46.720 --> 00:05:49.779 The crowd was going crazy. It was the first playoff 00:05:49.779 --> 00:05:55.519 game. It was the first playoff game. The first 00:05:55.519 --> 00:05:59.399 finals game they had in 2012. That team we called 00:05:59.399 --> 00:06:01.860 the Baby Thunder. This team is literally the 00:06:01.860 --> 00:06:04.259 Baby Thunder. They're the second youngest team 00:06:04.259 --> 00:06:06.660 ever. Make it to the finals. The youngest team 00:06:06.660 --> 00:06:08.360 to ever make it actually won the finals. Bill 00:06:08.360 --> 00:06:10.759 Walton's Portland Trailblazers. They were a couple 00:06:10.759 --> 00:06:12.740 of months on average younger than this Oklahoma 00:06:12.740 --> 00:06:16.160 City Thunder team is at just under 26 years of 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:20.339 age by average. If you look at the box score 00:06:20.339 --> 00:06:22.819 entering the fourth quarter, the Pacers were 00:06:22.819 --> 00:06:25.199 down nine points. They lost the first quarter 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:28.839 by nine. They had lost the second quarter by 00:06:28.839 --> 00:06:31.319 three. They won the third quarter by three. So 00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:34.810 the nine point difference and at no point. Was 00:06:34.810 --> 00:06:38.589 the Indiana Pacers ahead? If you look at the 00:06:38.589 --> 00:06:48.250 win probability, with 48 .1 seconds left, the 00:06:48.250 --> 00:06:51.750 Oklahoma City Thunder had a 66 .5 % chance to 00:06:51.750 --> 00:06:55.029 win. It actually, on my phone, it doesn't allow 00:06:55.029 --> 00:06:58.269 me to do another change of possession until another 00:06:58.269 --> 00:07:01.290 point was scored. So if you're looking, I mean, 00:07:01.310 --> 00:07:03.560 I'm just going through the probability. At one 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:08.519 point, with 109 left in the third quarter, OKC 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:14.040 had a 93 % chance to win. And that was their 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:17.459 highest percentage. Again, 238, they had 93 .5. 00:07:17.519 --> 00:07:22.560 But as late as 109 in the third quarter, they 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:26.019 had a 93 % chance to win the game. With 1022 00:07:26.019 --> 00:07:29.639 in the fourth quarter, they had a 95 .8 % chance. 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:34.620 With 942 in the fourth quarter, they had a 97 00:07:34.620 --> 00:07:37.980 .9 % chance. At that point, it was Indiana 79, 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:42.959 OKC 94. And then slowly the odds began to creep 00:07:42.959 --> 00:07:48.279 down. But at one point, they had another with 00:07:48.279 --> 00:07:54.839 252 left. It is OKC 107, Indiana 99. OKC has 00:07:54.839 --> 00:08:03.170 a 97 .4 % chance to win the game. And yet they 00:08:03.170 --> 00:08:10.129 don't. It's wild to see. If you just look at 00:08:10.129 --> 00:08:12.970 the pure box score, the only number that stands 00:08:12.970 --> 00:08:16.230 out was turnovers. So if you're Indiana right 00:08:16.230 --> 00:08:21.730 now, A, you absolutely stole. And I mean, you 00:08:21.730 --> 00:08:24.230 stole game one because you weren't. That was 00:08:24.230 --> 00:08:25.930 a game you were supposed to lose. But a game 00:08:25.930 --> 00:08:27.389 you would go back to your locker room saying, 00:08:27.430 --> 00:08:32.370 OK, we lost it. But we lost it. on us. We didn't 00:08:32.370 --> 00:08:34.029 lose it on them. We lost it on us. We lost it 00:08:34.029 --> 00:08:37.269 on our turnovers. You won that game. For Oklahoma 00:08:37.269 --> 00:08:42.190 City, that was the Shea game. I go into every 00:08:42.190 --> 00:08:48.870 series thinking, okay, how can a team win? Right? 00:08:48.990 --> 00:08:51.549 And my prediction, my official predictions on 00:08:51.549 --> 00:08:54.610 social media was Thunder in five and SGA being 00:08:54.610 --> 00:08:58.710 the MVP. And honestly, I'm sticking by that. 00:09:00.190 --> 00:09:04.549 Indiana shot nearly 50 % from the three. They 00:09:04.549 --> 00:09:08.210 made 50 % of their field goals. They out -rebounded 00:09:08.210 --> 00:09:11.509 OKC by 17. I think not starting Hardenstein mattered 00:09:11.509 --> 00:09:17.129 there. And it took a Halliburton miracle. It 00:09:17.129 --> 00:09:21.230 took OKC shooting horribly and another Halliburton 00:09:21.230 --> 00:09:24.830 clutch shot in order for OKC to lose. So if I'm 00:09:24.830 --> 00:09:28.190 Oklahoma City, I'm upset I lost the game I should 00:09:28.190 --> 00:09:32.080 have had. But at the same time, I'm in a space 00:09:32.080 --> 00:09:34.740 where I'm okay. I go get one in Indiana and I'm 00:09:34.740 --> 00:09:36.379 fine. You know what I'm saying? I take care of 00:09:36.379 --> 00:09:38.820 business in game two. I go get one in Indiana. 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:42.059 Home court is back. It's best two out of three, 00:09:42.100 --> 00:09:44.440 and I've got two in my home building. And one 00:09:44.440 --> 00:09:48.200 of the toughest home buildings in the NBA. So, 00:09:48.320 --> 00:10:00.809 I mean, I picked. OKC in five. I'm going to stick 00:10:00.809 --> 00:10:06.090 by that. Obviously, you know, things change. 00:10:06.210 --> 00:10:08.730 I plan on doing reaction shows every night. The 00:10:08.730 --> 00:10:11.070 series is on, so things change. I may alter my 00:10:11.070 --> 00:10:13.950 pick, but I say I had Oklahoma City in five with 00:10:13.950 --> 00:10:15.730 the contention of they won both games in Oklahoma 00:10:15.730 --> 00:10:19.169 City. I thought that they would go OKC win, OKC 00:10:19.169 --> 00:10:24.720 win. You know, you would play. Indiana would 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:27.179 play that inspired game. The threes are falling. 00:10:27.259 --> 00:10:31.340 OKC has the off night. Indiana wins. OKC goes 00:10:31.340 --> 00:10:33.919 enough of this, beats them in game four, and 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:36.220 then it's just too much in game five. Very similar 00:10:36.220 --> 00:10:38.419 to what they did in Minnesota. You know, they 00:10:38.419 --> 00:10:40.460 kind of took the first two business. Minnesota 00:10:40.460 --> 00:10:42.919 played that inspired third quarter or that first 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:45.379 half in game three. And then they said enough 00:10:45.379 --> 00:10:47.000 of this, and they closed the door in game four, 00:10:47.080 --> 00:10:49.580 and then they eliminated them in game five. I 00:10:49.580 --> 00:10:52.799 thought it would be very similar. Now, Indiana 00:10:52.799 --> 00:10:55.259 already has done something I don't think anybody 00:10:55.259 --> 00:10:56.820 else has done in the playoffs besides, I think, 00:10:56.820 --> 00:11:00.100 Denver. Denver got a game off OKC in the playoffs 00:11:00.100 --> 00:11:04.419 at home. It's a situation where they're not used 00:11:04.419 --> 00:11:07.940 to being in this position. 0 -1. I mean, this 00:11:07.940 --> 00:11:10.279 team has won 80 games this year. This team, Oklahoma 00:11:10.279 --> 00:11:13.120 City team, has the ability to be statistically 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:15.480 one of the greatest basketball teams the National 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:18.759 Basketball Association has ever seen. Statistically, 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:23.059 they've won 80 games. They're beating more teams 00:11:23.059 --> 00:11:24.919 by 30 points in the playoffs than anybody else 00:11:24.919 --> 00:11:28.720 in NBA history. They've had more 15 -point wins 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:30.679 than anybody else in NBA history, by more 30 00:11:30.679 --> 00:11:32.799 -point wins than anybody else in NBA history 00:11:32.799 --> 00:11:37.460 in the playoffs. SGA is the MVP. J -Dub is second 00:11:37.460 --> 00:11:40.200 -team all -defense, third -team all -NBA. You 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:41.860 know, you have all these things going for you, 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:45.960 and yet Tyrese Halliburton said no. In a game 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:52.240 where Halliburton, wasn't um 30 point a night 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:56.419 Halliburton he was 14 10 and 6 Halliburton he 00:11:56.419 --> 00:11:59.299 was the guy that okay I'm gonna make you play 00:11:59.299 --> 00:12:03.940 me so hard that by the end of this game you know 00:12:03.940 --> 00:12:06.639 you're gonna have to constantly rotate bodies 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:11.620 and um Halliburton I mean the Pacers became just 00:12:11.620 --> 00:12:14.529 this third team ever with a 15 -point comeback 00:12:14.529 --> 00:12:16.090 in the third quarter NBA Finals. I mean, what 00:12:16.090 --> 00:12:18.710 happened tonight was historic. What happened 00:12:18.710 --> 00:12:22.090 tonight was absolutely insane. If you look at 00:12:22.090 --> 00:12:27.730 the Pacers, man, you know, just going through 00:12:27.730 --> 00:12:29.409 and looking at them, they played, what, 10 guys? 00:12:30.289 --> 00:12:31.789 That's a pretty, you know, that's pretty large 00:12:31.789 --> 00:12:33.309 for the Finals. Usually it's a seven or eight 00:12:33.309 --> 00:12:36.649 -man rotation in the Finals. But, you know, heavy 00:12:36.649 --> 00:12:40.570 man inside of Halliburton, he went 39. Heavy 00:12:40.570 --> 00:12:43.909 man inside of Siakam, he went 35. But 31, 32, 00:12:44.110 --> 00:12:46.389 and 28 for the rest of your starters. Obi Toppin 00:12:46.389 --> 00:12:49.509 gave you 25. After as bad as Obi Toppin started, 00:12:49.629 --> 00:12:52.850 he goes 5 for 8 from 3. And then look at the 00:12:52.850 --> 00:12:58.590 Pacers. Shea goes 40 minutes. J -Dub goes 36. 00:12:59.190 --> 00:13:03.070 Dort goes 36. Kiki Caruso with 28 off the bench. 00:13:03.429 --> 00:13:10.889 Chet only played 24. And only had one foul. That 00:13:10.889 --> 00:13:13.429 could be a lineup change if you're OKC. You got 00:13:13.429 --> 00:13:15.629 to figure out some way with these bigs. Your 00:13:15.629 --> 00:13:18.049 bigs dominated. And just looking at your box 00:13:18.049 --> 00:13:20.389 score, you play minutes without them. Because 00:13:20.389 --> 00:13:23.509 Chet has 24 and Harington has 17. Together, that's 00:13:23.509 --> 00:13:25.909 41, which means for seven minutes of the game, 00:13:26.049 --> 00:13:28.629 neither one was on the floor. So for half a quarter, 00:13:28.750 --> 00:13:31.210 you didn't have a big on the floor. And that's 00:13:31.210 --> 00:13:32.269 something that they're going to have to adjust 00:13:32.269 --> 00:13:35.509 to. Because, again, looking at the minutes on 00:13:35.509 --> 00:13:38.389 Indiana, I think they were matching size with 00:13:38.389 --> 00:13:42.259 Indiana. Because Turner has 28 minutes. Thomas 00:13:42.259 --> 00:13:45.120 Bryant has eight minutes, which means they played, 00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:47.740 you know, that's what, 36? I mean, they played 00:13:47.740 --> 00:13:50.580 a quarter, 12 minutes without a big. And I think 00:13:50.580 --> 00:13:54.539 Oklahoma City was answering that. If I'm Indiana, 00:13:54.659 --> 00:13:57.059 another positive sign for me is that Oklahoma 00:13:57.059 --> 00:14:02.639 City changed their lineup. All playoffs, OKC 00:14:02.639 --> 00:14:07.740 had been using the same five lineup, both bigs, 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:12.379 SGA, Dort. and j -dub that's been their lineup 00:14:12.379 --> 00:14:16.700 before the series even starts you pivot to wallace 00:14:16.700 --> 00:14:18.899 you pull hardenstein you pivot to wallace so 00:14:18.899 --> 00:14:22.399 automatically you're coming to match speed because 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:26.279 indiana runs so much so automatically you're 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:27.840 thinking we're gonna get smaller or we're gonna 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:29.679 get cooked in the fast break we're gonna get 00:14:29.679 --> 00:14:32.019 murdered in the fast break we're gonna basically 00:14:32.019 --> 00:14:35.590 go when they do a big we do a big If they go 00:14:35.590 --> 00:14:37.649 two for some reason, okay, if they do Bryan and 00:14:37.649 --> 00:14:38.850 Mark Turner for some reason, okay, we're going 00:14:38.850 --> 00:14:41.269 to match two. We're going to try and keep the 00:14:41.269 --> 00:14:45.970 sides closed because, again, they run all day. 00:14:46.610 --> 00:14:51.029 Indiana runs all day. They don't stop. It was 00:14:51.029 --> 00:14:53.590 so much after that first quarter, down nine, 00:14:53.750 --> 00:14:55.909 Halliburton was like, basically, like, I know 00:14:55.909 --> 00:14:58.190 we like to run, but in this case, we're going 00:14:58.190 --> 00:15:01.570 to have to stop running. Like, because they run 00:15:01.570 --> 00:15:06.710 all day. I can't say enough about Tyrus Halliburton, 00:15:06.730 --> 00:15:11.509 man. This is the kind of stuff that makes you 00:15:11.509 --> 00:15:14.669 a superstar. And Indiana hasn't had a superstar 00:15:14.669 --> 00:15:18.009 since Reggie Miller. And before Reggie Miller, 00:15:18.110 --> 00:15:20.909 they haven't had a superstar ever. I'm sorry. 00:15:22.129 --> 00:15:26.049 It is what it is, right? This is the kind of 00:15:26.049 --> 00:15:28.070 performances that make you a superstar. Because 00:15:28.070 --> 00:15:30.049 no one remembers he had 14 points. I didn't know 00:15:30.049 --> 00:15:32.230 he had 14 points. I feel like I remember every 00:15:32.230 --> 00:15:34.539 shot he made. You know what I'm saying? But I 00:15:34.539 --> 00:15:37.139 don't remember he had 14 points. Hell, Shea was 00:15:37.139 --> 00:15:40.340 scoring so efficiently. Shea had a 38 -point 00:15:40.340 --> 00:15:42.860 special that's going to get washed away. I mean, 00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:45.460 38 points, five rebounds, three assists on 14 00:15:45.460 --> 00:15:48.840 and 30 shooting. Like, that's a special night 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:52.799 in the finals. Your NBA Finals debut is 38 against 00:15:52.799 --> 00:15:55.080 one of the better defenses in the NBA. It's 38. 00:15:55.860 --> 00:15:59.220 But that's going to get washed away because of 00:15:59.220 --> 00:16:03.059 Tyree Halliburton's shot. I mean, if you look 00:16:03.059 --> 00:16:06.059 at that game, Siakam actually is the better was 00:16:06.059 --> 00:16:09.659 the best player for Indiana. And Siakam only 00:16:09.659 --> 00:16:14.980 had trying to go through real fast. Siakam goes 00:16:14.980 --> 00:16:19.259 19, 10 and three. Halliburton was 14, 10 and 00:16:19.259 --> 00:16:21.879 six. You know, you you weren't looking at a 35 00:16:21.879 --> 00:16:25.120 point special from Halliburton or 30 point special 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:27.700 from Siakam. I mean, they played team basketball. 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:32.740 They balanced it out. I think SGA, the Indiana 00:16:32.740 --> 00:16:37.279 team is tough as freaking nails, right? And I 00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:40.960 think that SGA is kind of poked the bear. He 00:16:40.960 --> 00:16:45.200 got into it with Nimhard. Fourth quarter, SGA 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:47.639 got a foul and pushed Nimhard. Now, it wasn't 00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:51.620 a two -handed shove. It wasn't a, you know, anything 00:16:51.620 --> 00:16:53.580 of note, really. If you didn't see it, you never, 00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:55.759 I mean, Nimhard didn't show any signs of wear, 00:16:55.860 --> 00:16:57.840 but it was enough to give a little shoulder movement. 00:16:58.399 --> 00:17:00.559 And then her kind of clapped, like, okay. And 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:02.899 he kind of walked in front of SGA, between SGA 00:17:02.899 --> 00:17:04.920 and the official, went before the free throw, 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:06.460 kind of bumped him a little bit with the shoulder, 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:08.339 kind of sent a message like, I'm not going anywhere. 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:13.720 And just one of those moments that you look back 00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:16.940 on and go, that was a moment, you know. And I 00:17:16.940 --> 00:17:19.740 think OKC was looking for the kill shot. I remember 00:17:19.740 --> 00:17:22.599 sitting, I mean, of course, I remember, you know, 00:17:22.599 --> 00:17:25.880 10, 15, 20 minutes ago, sitting, watching the 00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:28.660 game and going, Indiana won't go away. It was 00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:31.500 like every time OKC would hit that, felt like 00:17:31.500 --> 00:17:34.720 boom shot where the crowd goes crazy and they 00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:36.339 get a steal and get a layup and the crowd's going 00:17:36.339 --> 00:17:39.099 insane. And then the next possession, OB topping 00:17:39.099 --> 00:17:43.359 three or nim hard three or, you know, easy bucket 00:17:43.359 --> 00:17:45.779 for Halliburton and see how come we get a mid 00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:47.740 -range and the crowd were quiet. It's like every 00:17:47.740 --> 00:17:50.240 time they were looking for that kill shot, that 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:53.920 boom shot to get rid of Indiana, they wouldn't 00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:55.759 go away or they wouldn't make the shot. I feel 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:58.059 like a couple times Indiana was teetering. And 00:17:58.059 --> 00:17:59.740 it was back -to -back missed threes from OKC, 00:17:59.779 --> 00:18:01.400 and the Indiana were going to lay up. So instead 00:18:01.400 --> 00:18:03.700 of potentially being down 12 -15, the crowd's 00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:06.980 going crazy, you're down seven. And so I think 00:18:06.980 --> 00:18:10.759 those were big swing moments. I do think Oklahoma 00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:17.460 City gets game two in convincing fashion. They've 00:18:17.460 --> 00:18:19.640 showed us throughout this playoffs, when they 00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:24.339 do lose, that next game is a barn burner. It's 00:18:24.339 --> 00:18:27.009 a thunderstorm. It's a showcase. Whenever they 00:18:27.009 --> 00:18:32.710 lose, I mean, they go get you by 30. So I think 00:18:32.710 --> 00:18:34.970 that, you know, Oklahoma City's going to dominate 00:18:34.970 --> 00:18:37.309 game two. I'm sticking by OKC in five. We need 00:18:37.309 --> 00:18:40.210 to have the win four straight. Not out of the 00:18:40.210 --> 00:18:42.049 realm of possibility. I thought it'd be two, 00:18:42.170 --> 00:18:45.170 lose one, they win two. Four straight's going 00:18:45.170 --> 00:18:47.650 to be harder. Might end up in OKC in six, but 00:18:47.650 --> 00:18:50.289 I am sticking by Oklahoma City winning the NBA 00:18:50.289 --> 00:18:53.990 Finals with SGA being the MVP and becoming the 00:18:53.990 --> 00:18:56.890 greatest Thunder of all time. If the Thunder 00:18:56.890 --> 00:18:59.890 were to lose this game, he'd be the greatest 00:18:59.890 --> 00:19:01.970 Thunder Sonic. I mean, Gary Payton and Sean Kemp 00:19:01.970 --> 00:19:05.809 don't have MVPs. No one cares what happened with 00:19:05.809 --> 00:19:09.630 that 79 team. And then KD and Russ don't have 00:19:09.630 --> 00:19:13.029 rings in Thunder uniforms, although they have 00:19:13.029 --> 00:19:19.730 MVPs. But, you know, Tyrese Halliburton has a 00:19:19.730 --> 00:19:23.130 chance to be the greatest pacer ever. No pacer 00:19:23.130 --> 00:19:25.819 has a final MVP. No Pacer has a regular season 00:19:25.819 --> 00:19:29.339 MVP. So, therefore, a title, which I believe 00:19:29.339 --> 00:19:33.200 will be the franchise's first, along with hoisting 00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:35.579 a founding MVP trophy, has a chance for Tyrese 00:19:35.579 --> 00:19:38.319 Halliburton to be the greatest Pacer ever. And 00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:41.900 if SJ were to lose, he's right up there with 00:19:41.900 --> 00:19:43.480 Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook as greatest 00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:45.359 Thunder. And he'd actually go below because of 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:47.700 what, you know, KD has scoring titles and all 00:19:47.700 --> 00:19:50.920 NBAs. And Russ has the famous triple -double 00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:54.009 seasons in the 2020 -20 game. You know, he would 00:19:54.009 --> 00:19:57.390 actually still reign in third place as far as 00:19:57.390 --> 00:20:02.369 the greatest Sonic Thunder of all time. So, crazy 00:20:02.369 --> 00:20:09.569 game one. It teetered multiple times to being 00:20:09.569 --> 00:20:13.849 wipeaways. Like, it teetered to being blowouts 00:20:13.849 --> 00:20:18.779 multiple times. Kind of like they've done all 00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:21.759 season, the Indiana Pacers just did not go away. 00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:24.859 So absolutely amazing and great kudos to the 00:20:24.859 --> 00:20:27.539 Pacers. I look forward to this series, man. I 00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:31.839 kind of was glazing over the finals. I said it 00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:34.400 on the YouTube show, probably not going to watch 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:37.420 the finals. And I meant that facetiously, but 00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:41.299 like I was going to watch as a JTS owner just 00:20:41.299 --> 00:20:43.319 opposed to a fan. I'm not going to watch as a 00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:46.390 fan, right? Damn it, Halliburton, you've done 00:20:46.390 --> 00:20:51.650 it. You've gotten me intrigued to watch the rest 00:20:51.650 --> 00:20:56.450 of this series, and I'm excited for it. SGA, 00:20:56.549 --> 00:21:00.769 man, you were special. I didn't love some of 00:21:00.769 --> 00:21:03.109 the calls he got, but he's a superstar in this 00:21:03.109 --> 00:21:04.690 league. He's the MVP. He's going to get those 00:21:04.690 --> 00:21:09.450 MVP star calls. And Halliburton, man, the whole 00:21:09.450 --> 00:21:14.289 gym knew it was you. The whole gym knew it was 00:21:14.289 --> 00:21:17.029 some sort of high -screen action. The whole gym 00:21:17.029 --> 00:21:19.630 knew you were going right. You were either going 00:21:19.630 --> 00:21:20.890 to do the step -back three or you were going 00:21:20.890 --> 00:21:23.450 to get to that mid -range you love so much. And 00:21:23.450 --> 00:21:25.470 you got to the mid -range, pulled up, and nailed 00:21:25.470 --> 00:21:28.710 it. I mean, spectacular, right? That's what stars 00:21:28.710 --> 00:21:30.730 are made of. When you're in the moment, you make 00:21:30.730 --> 00:21:33.690 the shot. Regardless, everybody knows you're 00:21:33.690 --> 00:21:35.650 going. Everybody knows what you're going to do. 00:21:36.369 --> 00:21:39.150 And you get to that spot and you make it. Everybody 00:21:39.150 --> 00:21:40.809 knows in the clutch, KD's going to double -cross 00:21:40.809 --> 00:21:43.059 over pull -up. They know LeBron's going to do 00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:44.940 the drive left or pull up right. Like, there's 00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:47.819 certain things that you know. Pull up left or 00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:49.359 drive right. You know Kyrie Irving's going to 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:51.819 mix you and try and get you off balance and snatch 00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:53.440 you back. Like, there's certain things you know 00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:55.460 are going to happen. The great ones don't care. 00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:58.380 The great ones make it anyway. And a huge shout 00:21:58.380 --> 00:22:01.140 -out to Tyrese Halliburton for making the shot 00:22:01.140 --> 00:22:04.720 to take the 1 -0 lead. Like I said, I mean, you're 00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:07.779 the Thunder, man. A lot of the box scores against 00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:11.200 you. And I'm sure they've had conversations of 00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:13.680 what's acceptable as far as in the box. Of course, 00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:15.700 you want to win rebounds. Of course, you want 00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:17.920 to win three point line, whatever. But if that 00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:22.160 team style is that you try to keep it close in 00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:26.480 Oklahoma City left for 47 minutes, fifty nine 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:32.880 point seven seconds and lost young team pressures 00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:35.720 on. Does that crack the locker room? Does that 00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:40.130 splinter? Because Caruso can say what he wants 00:22:40.130 --> 00:22:42.710 to say. He's never experienced that. They've 00:22:42.710 --> 00:22:44.490 leaned on Caruso a lot for championship experience. 00:22:44.809 --> 00:22:47.369 How does this feel? What does that do? How do 00:22:47.369 --> 00:22:49.349 you handle this? Caruso's never dealt with this. 00:22:50.369 --> 00:22:55.549 And so that's going to be something that Oklahoma 00:22:55.549 --> 00:22:58.069 City, again, being such a young squad, they average 00:22:58.069 --> 00:23:02.509 25 .6 years of age, give or take. They're going 00:23:02.509 --> 00:23:04.069 to have to learn how to deal with this on the 00:23:04.069 --> 00:23:08.920 fly. In front of everyone, social media, SportsCenter, 00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:13.539 CNN, like besides Trump versus Elon Musk, this 00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:16.299 is like the biggest thing happening. I mean, 00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:18.039 shout out Aaron Rodgers for signing with the 00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:23.039 Steelers. That was news, but like not really. 00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:26.660 It was delayed reaction. It was like two and 00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:29.559 a half months. But, you know, so this is going 00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.440 to be huge for them. They're going to have to 00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:31.819 bounce back. They're going to have to walk around 00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:33.940 Oklahoma City. Like I hope they stay in the house. 00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:36.380 But, okay, he's the kind of place that'll support 00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:43.200 you. But you're down 0 -1 now. And so that's 00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:44.579 something I got to figure out. But shout out 00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:47.299 Tyrus Halliburton, man. What the Halliburton. 00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:53.200 Huge huge shout out to him, man. Crazy shot. 00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:56.619 And I just kept scanning it over and over again. 00:23:56.779 --> 00:24:00.960 Hallie did it again. Hallie did it again. I mean, 00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:04.140 just replays of the calf shots and the Nick shots 00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:07.579 and, you know, that shot. Like, he's done it 00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:11.519 over and over and over again. He's actually done 00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:14.539 it now tied with LeBron and Reggie Miller as 00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:18.160 far as last -second shots. Well, tied with Reggie 00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:20.680 Miller behind LeBron as far as last -second shots 00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:23.839 in the playoffs. I mean, kid's ridiculous. I 00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:26.640 mean, shout -out Tyrus Halliburton, man. Absolutely 00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:29.940 insane. And has Indiana believing that they can 00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:33.259 go win a title. So the rest of the series should 00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:36.039 be very, very interesting. You will definitely 00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:40.460 hear from me again after game two. Excited about 00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:43.140 this series. I'm excited now. I'm ready for game 00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:45.640 two now. Let's go see what game two is about. 00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:49.640 Over the moon excited. 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